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‘m N0 TES A ND COMMENTS. â€"â€" Nobody could have supposed that Russia would remain satisfied with the concession that she induced France and Germany to join her in extortiug from Japan. The mere shutting out of Japan from a lodge- ment on the Asiatic mainland would benefit Russia only indirectly, by keeping in possession of the whole of Manchuria a “ weak holder,” China, in place of astrong holder, Japan, in whose hands Port Arthur would be really a stronghold. But Russia desired much more than that. She desired primarily an open port'on the Pacific as a naval station and as the terminus of nor proposed transcontinental railway. peace of the East, and to the interests of all nations having commercial relations with the East. It seemed rather odd that nothing was said of this primary Russian object in the joint note to Japan. The omission was most naturally explained by the supposition that, while France and Germany were wiil' ing to assist Russia to the extent of pre- venting Japan from making permanent acquisitions of Chinese territory, there were lengths to which they or one of them, would not go in support of Russia, and so the terms imposed upon and accepted by Japan did not include the real object of Russian ambition. What that is is now freely stated in Russian journals, and it mfist be remember- ed that nothing is freely stated in Russian journals of which the Russian Government disapproves. Whether the deliverances in question, which appear simultaneously in two Russian journals and in a Russian dispatch to a German paper, are intended as "trial balloons" or as the expression of the policy of the Russian Government, they would not have appeared without official sanction. One of the announcements is that Russia will occupy certain ports in Cores. by Way of security for the observance of the conditions imposed upon' Japan, which would be an extraordinary piece of impudence, considering that Russia has just been objecting to a similar occupation of Chinese ports for the purpose of guaran- teeing that China would carry out the stipulations of the treaty. Another an- nouncement is theta Russian occupation of Cores is necessary to prevent Japanese merchants from competing in Cores. with Russian merchants, and a third that only a military, stable, and financial power like Russia “has the right to hold" Cores. All these propositions are quite cynically shameless, and the upshot of all of them is that Russia proposes to use Japan as 9 She has no way of getting at Japan except by selling around Europe and-Asia. Japan can safely defy Russia alone. She cannot safely defy Russia, France, and.,Germany together. It seems incredible that Ger- many and France should consent to join Russia or support her in so harefaced a project of spoliaticn. If they should do so, not imperiled. though their interests were far greater than those of. the three powers which did not hold aloof. A Russian occupation of Cores. would be such a menace to the commerce of the Orient as would compel Great Britain and the United States to take up a decided position. A HEALTHY JOB. Working In Powder “Ills Condnclve to Long Life. Apart from the danger of explosions which, by the way, are less frequent than is generally supposed, gunpowder mills are exceedinglyhealtbful placer. Sacha thingas aworkman dyingof consumption isunheard of, the explanation being that the constant breathing into the lungs of dust containing charcoal, sol; hur and saltpeter is beneficial to them. Even horses employed in gun- powder mills are found to be fatter and . sleeker than than their fellows from the same stable, worked elsewhere. As to the death rate in powder mills, the popular ‘deas are much exaggerated, the average freight yard being vastly more fatal than they. Statistics show that from the begin- ning of this century, when the du Pont powder mills were established, up to the present year, there has been an average of not quite one death a year from accidents or explosiovs. I As among the employers, so among the men. Fear is almost. unknown, the black- faced fellows shoveling, the gunpowder gpout as if it were coal, and walking through it knee-deep, as they would through so much flour. They are perfectly happy, these stolid Irishman, who go on risking their lives year after year for about the same wages as are paid for less danger- ous employments; that is, $40 or $50 a pionth, And yet they are exceedingly superstitious, itheing not uncommon for a man to throw up hisjob hecausehe has had a warning or his wife has dreamed of a white horse. There are various dreams understood by powder men to foretell an amidrnt or an explosion, and it is very llilll.i"’ â€"oficu impossibleâ€"«to get a man ‘ had one of those to go near the FORTUNES IN PATENTS. It was quite immaterial to her at whose expense she got it, but it was evident that her “possession of such a. port would be a con- stant menace to Japan, to China, to the cat'svpaw. Now itis perfectly certain that. Russia cannot do this of her own strength. in defiance of probability and decency, a very serious question will arise for the nations which have thus far held aloof, upon the ground tlat their interests were SOME INVENTORS OF SMALL ARTI- CLES HAVE BECOME RICH. An lnlrstnnd That Ilns Already Earned $209.000-Inveutlons That Arc Asked For~5hoc41lcunlng Machine and a Mllcilnze Bottle Tlmt “'ill NotClog Are Demanded. Do you need money? If so why notglve your attention to the invention of small and useful articles which may be patented? A little investigation will satisfy anybody theta great amount of money has been made in recent years from small, and in some cases, trivial patents. It is true that the inventor has not in all cases secured A BOUTONNIERE SOLD roa $12,000 A nan. much of the profit himself,but it seems that with energy and ordinary business ability he should be able to do so. How trivial the invention may he is shown by the statement that the “ Pigs-in- Clover” puzzle brought in $100,000. Ex- perience does not prove that it is wise for the inventor to occupy himself with such a thing if he can invent anything useful. Patents which iid not earn a tenth as much as “Pigeon-Clover ” in the same period are profitable still. Of course it is given to few to invent such things as valuable improvcm ‘nts on them, but many intelli~ gent men must. feel themselves capable of devising a muoilage bottle that will not clog. or something else of that humble order of usefulness. telephones or AN INKSTAND VALFED AT HALF A MILLION. The modern tendency in business is to struggle for a monopoly. Capitalists are not contented with being rich. They want all the money which the business in which they are engaged is capable of gathering from the people of the whole country. The man without capital appears to have no chance of getting control of any industry or business. He certainly cannot control the supply of all the beef or all the school books in the land, but there is always one way by which Without capital he may ob- tain a little monopoly of his own. That is by means of an invention and a patent. 'riIIswas sou: son $550,000. An enterprising New York firm, realiz- ing the attraction which the subject of small patents would have for many men, makes it a business of dealing in them. Its circulars show what large sums have al- ready been made by small inventions, and indicate a number of others for which the public is now waiting. Among the remarkably profitable small inventions is an ingenious automatic shad- ing pen, for which the inventor isTa'aid to receive $40,000 a year. This pen is used in engrossing, and makes it possible to use four colors at the same time. INVENTION LION AN THAT HAS EARNED A MIL- DOLLARS. The glass lemon squeezer, familiar to everybody, is one of the simplest of them all. It has the merits of working well, of being easy to keep clean and never getting out of order. The purchaser paid $50,000 for it. A novelty in an automatic inkstund is another example. This keeps an equal supply of clear ink always ready for the pen. It is said that $200,000 has been realized by this. An automatic funnel was sold for $57,- 000 ; a knitting machine has earned millions; a squirt boutonniere brings royalties of $12,000 a year. Among the inventions which it is prom- typewriter which could be sold for 5'25 ; a device to deaden the noise made by the typewriter ; a way of making kerosene odofless ; a cheap enveIOps which cannot be opened without detection; a timestamp for street letter boxes, showing time of de posit of letters. A rss rum PAYS $40.000 A YEAR. There is, of course,a great field for inven- tions useful in the household. A shoe polishing machine would confer much happiness and improve the general appear- ance of the community. The great bar to the happiness of the average pipe smoker is the difficulty of cleaning the instrument. As yet it canâ€" not bo done without much unpleasant labor. A pipe that will not foul will make a for- tune. A practical flying machine is mentioned as an invention Wanted. This is hardly a. small one, and not in the class of the other things mentioned. At this moment there isn great oppor- tunity for all improvements applicable to bicycles. There is not only a strong de- mand for them among the riders, but the business of the bicycle makers depends largely on the addition of attractive im- movements to their machines. It is suggested that there would be a demand for a bicycle which could be operated by the arms and hands alone. Curious Defects of Memory. It would afford material for an entire paper to study defects of memory and to describe some of the curiosities of thinking which result from such defects. A writer in the Popular Science Monthly says that he saw lately a business man of keen mind and good general memory, who was not paraly- zed in any way, and was perfectly able to understand and to talk, but who had sud- denly lost a part of his power of reading and of mathematical calculation. The letters d u , E, q, x and y, though seen perfectly, were no longer recognized, and conveyed no more idea to him than Chinese characters would to us. He had great difficulty in readingâ€"â€"haci to spell out all words, and could not read words contain- ing three letters. He could write the letters which he could read, but could not write the five letters mentioned. He could read and write some numbers, but 6, 7 and 8 had been lost to him; and when asked to write them his only result, after many attempts, Was to begin to write the words six, seven or eight, not being able to finish these, as the first and last contained letters (x and g) which he did not know. He could not add 7 and 5 together, or any two numbers of which 6, 7 MB formed a part, for he could not call them to his mind. Other numbers he knew well. He could no longer tell time by the watch. For a. week after the onset of the disease he did not recognize his surroundings. On going out for the first time the streets of the city no longer seemed familiar; on coming back he did not know his own house. After a few weeks, however, all his memor- ies had returned excepting those of the. letters and figures named ; but as the loss of these put a stop to his reading and to all his business life, the small defect of memory was to him a serious thing. Experience has shown that such a. defect is due to a small area of disease in one part:- of the brain. Such cases are not uncom- mon, and illustrate the separateness of our various memories and their dependence upon a sound brain. / ..___.__._____ $7,500 for a Set of Teeth. A well-known firm of bankers in London have just made a profitable investment. Some time ago a man who had defraud ed them of a. large sum of money was taken into custody, convicted, and sentenced to a long term of penal servitude. As may be imagined, the prison fare did not agree with a man who had by means of fraud lived on the fat of the land. The change effected him in many ways, but be com- plained more particularly of the effect the food had upon his teeth. They were not numerous or in good condition when he was sentenced, and as they rapidly became worse he applied to the governor of the prison for a new set. He was told that the Government did not supply prisoners with artificial teeth, and. at the first opportunity he wrote to the banking firm in question offering, if they would send him a new set, to give them some valuable information. Thereupou the bankers, thinking the offer might bea genuine one, sent the governor of the prison a cheque for £5, and asked him to provide the convict with a set of artificial teeth. In due course the convict kept his promise, and sent the bankers certain information by means of which they were enabled to recover no less than £1,500 of which they had been defrauded. They naturally regarded this as the best investment they had ever made, but itl proved even better than anticipated, for‘ they have just received from the prison authorities a remittance of £l, the teeth} having cost only £4. ____._*â€"_. Pagan London. Archbishop Manning. in a recent dis- course, said of London: “London is a desolas 1 tion beyond that of any city in the Christian v World. Four millions of human beings, of { whom 2,000,0th have never set their foot in i any place of Christian worship ; and among ‘1 these 2,000,000 God only knows how few have been baptized, how few have been ‘ born again of water and the Holy Ghost. London is a wilderness. It is like Rome! of oldâ€"-a pool into which all the nations of i the world streamed together and all the sins of the nations of the world were con- ‘ tinually ficwtng. Such is London at this day.” . t h ' 0t b . ' ted ised would realize a fortune are a keybead{e fiy 13 n y any means over esnma l THE FARM. Handling Millet Hay. As a dairy cow food, properly cured mil- in this country, but we see so little really good millet hay stored away in barns that it is no wonder many are not particularly attracted to its virtues. Everything de- pends upon the time of cutting and curing. This grass makes the best hay in the market, exceeded by very few, if any. It must be cut, however, when fairly headed out, and the curing must be done scientifi. cally. The grass produces an abundant crop, too, and if sowed during the latter part of May on the previous year‘s sod, fol- lowing coru,vcry good results will be obtain- ed in nearly every case. The millet hay is excellent for feeding winter stock, and also for filling the silo. If out before the seed ls ripe the bay has no elfect upon the urinary organs of the cows. The cutting and curing of the hay in our uncertain hay weather have been perplex- ing questions to many who have otherwise thought much of this grass for dairy cows. 1f the hay gets a soaking during the curing process the stalks are apt to become very woody. Even a little sprinkling of rain will injure them in this way. Occasionally one may have a season when the hay can be cut and dried without a shower, but the chances are against one. Consequently the only proper way is to take no risks at all. Sun curing is too long a process to be certain, and besides it tends to bleach out the grass,but curing in the cock is sure and satisfactory. Just as soon as the machine has cut a few swaths of the mullet down,tl‘e horse-rake should be started behind it. Rake the new-out millet as cleanly as pos- sible in straight windrows, and ‘l'lft‘. turn the rake the other way, and bring the hay 11 into cocks as much as possible. A man should follow behind with a pitch-fork to make the rude cocks more even and com- pact. '1'he rake can in this way keep close up to the machine,and the machine and the cooker close behind the rake. If the sky is threatening, work need not stop until the shower is close to you. There is very little millet cut and exposed. If the man cocks properly the millet will have very little harm done to it by a shower. The mowing machine should never get more than one or two swaths ahead of the rake, unless the day is very bright and clear. These cocks can be made large and secure enough for permanent fixtures. In ordinary weather they should remain in the field for ten days to cure the hay properly. About four to five hundred pounds should be in each cock. If the weather is rainy during the curing process the cooks should be turned over a little so that the bottom layer can dry before being carted to the barn. After being cured the hey can be carted to the barn, or be stacked in the field or near the barn as one desires. Millet cured in cocks will never become tough as when bleached in the sun, nor will it lose its color. In selling millet hay the loss of color frequently tells heavily against it. But all hay or millet cured in the old-fash- ioned way in the sun must be tough and bleached in color. Summer Care of Cows. The temptation is to turn out in the spring too soon; that is, before there is enough grass to satisfy her wants, writes a correspondent. The result is her appetite is spoiled by dry food, and her flow of milk is lessened : and another thing. if you put them on the pasture too early they eat it down so closely on the start that they keep it down all summer. I think a far better way is to wait until there is a good growth and the cows can get all they want. I usually keep. from seventeen to twenty head on two acres of pasture with no other food during the early part of the summer. This I could not do if I turned them in on it early in the spring. There is no other food so good as grass, and after the cows have been fed grain all winter they should have a restâ€"feeding them on grass alone. Should the pasture become dry and’ fail to provide sufiicient food, something must be grown to supplement it. Plant some early sweet cornâ€"the Ever- green. There is uothing better to sulee- meut pastures during the fall. I aim that my cow shall have all she can eat of the best food that the season will produce, and if this is neglected the cow is very apt to dry up, and no amount of food or care afterwards will bring her back to a full flow of milk. Always provide plenty of salt and pure water. Do not allow her to drink from stagnant ponds. Havea shade in the pasture. Take the same care of your calves and yearlings as you do of your cows. I have never been able to get good cows from poorly kept calves. They do not seem to have the capacity for food when they get older. The successful dairyman must look along way ahead, and must plan in the spring to have his farm produce the whole year’s feed. Grow everything you possibly can, and preserve it in the best possible shape. - The Food Question for Cows. Every spring the question of preparing the right kind of foods for the cows during the summer and following winter becomes more complex. \Ve want the food that will give the best results at the least cost of labor or money. \Ve want to raise the right food either for milk,butter,or for beef. The same food does not always apply to all three, says an Eastern exchange. In raising bay for milch cows, timothy hay, in proper combination with other foods, gives excellent results. but most dairymen are satisfied that clover hay wil1 serve their purp0se best. Timothy makes a greater drain upon the soil, and hardly gives as good results when fed to milch cows as good clover bay. The latter im- pl‘OV‘tS the soil,as is well known, and in the build up their tissues. On the whole corn ensilage stands at the head of the list. Many depend more upon roots for feeding in the fall and winter, and rule 'ery large crops. These are certainly excellent food for most animals, but they are much more expensive to raise than good ensilags. Re- cent experiments have shown conclusively that they have no advantage over good ensilago either, so that it is false economy to depend upon them and neglect filling the silo. If a silo is properly filled it is a great feeding vat for the animals, and a storage house for the farmer. The contents will keep for any length of time, and the ani~ mals can be fed all through the Winter with almost the ideal food. Good ensilage will keep not only through the winter, but- through two winters. The trouble often is that it spoils through lack of proper under- standing of its nature. The question of grain feeding is nexta very intricate one, dependent largely upon the location of the farmer, and the nature of the crops that succeed the best. Cotton- seed meal is a cheap and very good food this year. Oats, bran, and cornmeal all differ in prices. and in the cost of raising in the various States, but any one is excel- lent ; even in grain feeding variety is neces- sary for perfect health, and combinations of the several grains give the best results. In making up a grain raticn the cheapest of the half-dozen best grains can be given in the largest proportion, and the others ac. cording to their relative cost of production. In this way each farmer or dairyman can make up his own ration at least expense. If this is supplemented with good clover hay, and plenty of rich, well-preserved ensilage, there is no reason why the animals should sufier, and there is no time better than the spring of the year to plan out these various crops for the year’s feeding. â€"__â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"- Reclaiming a. Brigand. The last survivor of a. wealthy Greek family, Skilizzi by name, was in Naples overseeing the erection of a magnificent mausoleum to the memory of his brother, recently deceased. The mausoleum was at some distance from the city, and a wilder- ness separated the building from the near- est road. In this wilderness Skilizzi had one evening a strange adventure, which be related afterward to Mr. Rudolph Lehmann, who prints it in his “ Reminiscences.” Skilizzi was on his way to his carriage, when he was accosted by a notorious arm- ed brigand who infested the neighborhood, and had baffled all attempts to capture him. “ Your purse or your life i” called the brigand, at the same time levelling his gun. Skilizzi, instead of being frightened,answer- ed quietly : “ Put down that gun, and let us have a talk.” The mamobsyed. “ I can give you my purse," Skilizzi con- tinued, “ and should not feel the loss of it; but would you gain much by its contents I They Will not go far, and you will then have to continue a brigand until you are caught and beheaded.” “Quite true,” said the man; “but then I have a wife and children. I cannot let them starve.” “Suppose one promised to take care of them, would you give up this infamous life '2 ” ‘ “If I were sure of it,” said the man, staggered, “I would give it up to-mor- row.” “I give you,“ said Skilizzi, a gentleman’s word of honor that I will take care of your wife and children. Will you come with me, give yourself up, work out your sentence,â€"which will be infinitely more lenient than if you Were captured,â€"and begin an honest life afterward ‘3” After some moments of hesitation, the man accepted the offer. They entered the carriage together and drove to the nearest police station, where the man gave himself up, to the unspeakable surprise of the authorities. Through the iron grating which now separated the two the brigand shook hands with his captor, and said, “God bless you 1" In a Tiger's Jaws. Lord Hastings, with his stud of oflicers, was on a tiger-hunt. A splendid animal had' been shot. Every one supposed it to be dead, and with the rashness born of in- experience and excitement, Major S. rushed up to it. At that moment the tiger recovered himself, and with a roar of mingled rage and pain, turned upon Major S. The young man discharged his pistol at the brute’s head, but with no effect. The Weapon was knocked from his hand, and sent flying a dozen yards away. The tiger bore the man down,seized him by the right shoulder, and lifting him bodily from the ground, started toward the jungle. The other men were powerless. No one dared to shoot for fear of hitting the man. The brute,seeking probably to get a better hold of his victim, gave him a shake and an upward fling, as a cat might toss a mouse, and caught him by the thigh. This liberated the major's right arm, which, protected by the padded cloth of his coat, had not been injured, He mach. ed to his hip pocket, drew forth his second pistol, and, raising his arm, placed the weapon against the tiger’s ear and fired. "I never felt calmer in my life,” he said afterward. The animal dropped dead ; but in dying his jaws closed convulsively, crushing the muscles and tendons of the major’s thigh. Lord Hastings and his brother officers hur- ried forward to congratulate the major on his coolness and lucky escape. Save for the injury of his thigh, which resulted in a slight lameness, Major S. was none the Worse for his ugly adventure. Differentiation. A woman is sweet And so is a rose : Arose talks not, end is cheaper by all odds. Raising and preparing ensilage for win- ter feeding should be carefully planned out. Sorghum ensilags, while very good in many parts of the country, does not contain the amount of protein that fully matured corn does,and the young and growinganimals re- uuirc considerable protein in their food to But goodness knows! ChinovJapan floaty. The Japs have cornered China And squeezed the Chinese flat Till they’ve ratified the treaty, | With the accent on the “ra’